Live Courses

All VLC courses include live meeting components where teachers and students meet in real-time online. Read more

Student Comments

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Turnitin

The Virtual Learning Centre now works with Turnitin.com to better prepare students for college and university by heightening our concerns around plagiarism. Read more

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Welcome to the Virtual Learning Centre

 

 

Student Success is our shared mission.

Welcome to the Trillium Lakelands District School Board's Virtual Learning Centre. The Virtual Learning Centre has been offering Ontario Secondary School students a wide range of flexible, and well designed high school courses since 1997.

The VLC offers students a full range of learning opportunities powered by the latest online technologies available. A partner with the Ministry of Education and eLearning Ontario, our aim is to provide a full range of courses available to students anywhere.

All of our courses are taught by highly qualified Ontario teachers who understand how to blend the power of synchronous, streamed communication with the flexibility of static, anywhere-anytime course content. Students succeed in our program and our attrition rates (under 20%) demonstrate that our program works for most learners.

We are committed to setting very high standards for distance learning and know that the student-teacher interaction is key to student success. For this reason, we encourage all of our students to attend web meetings, and to adhere to the course schedule and all due dates. This level of rigor builds a strong work ethic and forges a classroom and school community thereby preparing our students for post-secondary studies.

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or call us at 705-328-2925 (8:00 - 4:00 EST)

 

 

Important News

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Students of the month

At a meeting of VLC staff on Wednesday, a number of student names were forwarded as "student of the month" for the month of April. After a very ...

Friday, 11 May 2012

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VLC student bursary

The Virtual Learning Centre will offer two ($1000.00) bursaries annually to two students who have completed no fewer than 8 credits with the VLC and are in attendance ...

Thursday, 10 May 2012

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End of year Reception

In lieu of a formal graduation ceremony this year, we are pleased to announce that we will host an afternoon reception at Oliver's Nest Golf club in Lindsay on Friday, ...

Wednesday, 2 May 2012

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Fall Course Applications

We are pleased to announce that we are accepting applications for the Fall semester effective today. All new and returning students are invited to submit an application for courses beginning in ...

Monday, 30 April 2012

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New teaching assignment

We are pleased to announce that Ms. Jennifer Bartlett has assumed the teaching and student services assignment previously held by Ms. Kuypers who is now off on her maternity leave. ...

Monday, 30 April 2012

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Graduation Ceremonies

It is with considerable disappointment that we have decided it is not feasible to offer the same (semi-formal) graduation we offered last year. The numbers of students and families who ...

Thursday, 19 April 2012

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Summer School Offerings

We are pleased to announce that Civics (CHV2O) and Careers (GLC20) will be offered this July. The number of available seats are limited so please ensure you apply early. Select ...

Thursday, 12 April 2012

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Students of the month

We asked teachers to nominate a student from each grade  to be recognized as Student of the Month for that grade for the month of March. I was ...

Tuesday, 10 April 2012

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Rich feedback

We are pleased to see further innovation in the VLC program. Some teachers have been attempting to provide rich student feedback as an engaging means of assessing student work. Feedback ...

Monday, 2 April 2012

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Deserving thanks - OSSLT

I would like to thank a number of people for their assistance with OSSLT on Thursday. Our VLC teachers deserve thanks for assisting in preparatory sessions they conducted ...

Friday, 30 March 2012

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Progress Reports

I trust everyone had a  restful March break - we certainly had spring-like weather! The semester is marching forward and, as part of our reporting routine, we will be issuing ...

Monday, 19 March 2012

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OSSLT

Writing and passing the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test is a spring ritual in schools across Ontario. It is required in order to graduate with a diploma and ...

Friday, 10 February 2012

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Semester II Login information

We are processing (over 1400) course applications over this week and moving as quickly as possible. If you have not received an email with login information, it simply means we ...

Monday, 6 February 2012

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Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test

A reminder to all students in Grade 10. You are required to write the Ontario Secondary Literacy test on March 29th at 9:00 A.M. We will be conducing focused preparatory sessions ...

Monday, 30 January 2012

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Unique Travel Opportunity

We are pleased to announce the "Learn Experience Achieve Develop" (LEAD) opportunity has been confirmed for this summer. Students wishing to participate in the unique travel/study opportunity should review the ...

Tuesday, 17 January 2012

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Semester II Application Process update

In an effort to streamline our course application process and increase our efficiency in terms of getting our students placed in courses quickly, please be aware of the following changes. We ...

Friday, 13 January 2012

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Welcome back

Happy New Year to all of our students and their families! Please note that all courses have final exams and that all exams must be supervised by a proctor. ...

Monday, 9 January 2012

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Happy Holidays

All of the staff at the VLC and OpenSchool would like to extend our best wishes to our students and their families over the holidays. Please take care of one ...

Friday, 23 December 2011

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VLC Radio Station Launches

Mr. Graham and his classes (TGJ2O) have begun work on the VLC Radio Station. Very cool. Check it out at:http://radiovlc.com...

Friday, 9 December 2011

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Semester I Exam Schedule

Jan. 26 AM Blackthorne: ASM2O AMS3O ...

Friday, 9 December 2011

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Holiday Fundraiser

We are pleased to invite students and their families to support a good cause as we approach the ...

Monday, 5 December 2011

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Stratford Shakespeare Challenge

An exciting and rewarding opportunity for our student body - especially those enamoured with the Bard.   The Stratford Shakespeare Challenge ...

Monday, 28 November 2011

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Travel Opportunity

We are pleased to announce a new summer travel/study program for students in their grade 12 year.  Learn, Experience, Achieve, Develop (LEAD) is a unique study travel experience for students ...

Monday, 14 November 2011

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Exam Schedule

Students are advised to review the exam schedule that is posted as the message of the day in their workspace site. It is imperative that exam conflicts be reported to ...

Monday, 7 November 2011

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OpenSchoolOntario.ca

We are pleased to announce that our trial of a brand-new online program called OpenSchool has been an incredible success. OpenSchool is rooted in the excellent instructional design of the Virtual Learning Centre but cognizant of the unique learning needs of some students. OpenSchool is a year-round (September to June) online school of continuous intake and offers accelerated and self-paced programs for selected learners.

 

OpenSchool is designed to meet the following learning needs:

  • accelerated course completion - earn an Ontario High School Credit in 8 weeks
  • self-paced study - complete work in a flexible environment built around your schedule
  • individualized/personalized curriculum - work closely with your teacher to manage course content and assignments that are relevant to your needs

Applications are now being accepted into this exclusive program.

 

We are a certified public school district offering Ontario Secondary School Diploma courses taught by certified Ontario teachers.

 

See us online at www.openschoolontario.ca